The Ultimate Internet Power

Daru Is the Demon King?

After recovering from his shock, Daru walked back to the teleportation portal he had just planted. As for Zoref, he returned to his world to prepare for development.

"Hmm, if I plant a teleportation portal in the capital of the entire country on the Isla Continent, maybe I can make a transportation route between countries and Sarren Hill as the station, I haven't bought the store yet. Ah, back to Moon City first." Daru stepped inside the magic array of the teleportation portal. Then he closed his eyes to activate the portal.

In just a few seconds after Daru closed his eyes, he felt a different sensation from his body. Sensation like when the body is wet exposed to water. Not only that, Daru also felt the water spatter crashing into his body. When he opened his eyes, he saw a woman who was raising her right hand, and from the woman's right hand, out came water that radiated like a pot of water sprinklers.

"Mrs Liliana, Madam can stop for a while" Daru told the woman who was watering her. That woman is Liliana, Frey's mother.

"ah! Lord Daru, how could Lord Daru suddenly be there? I was watering a plant and suddenly Mr. Daru appeared in front of my plant" Liliana replied as she stopped her water magic.

"Watered the plants in the afternoon? Ah forget it, where's Frey?" ask Daru.

"Frey hasn't come home yet. Mr. Daru just wait here, he'll be home soon. He said there was work in the association." replied Liliana. After Daru and Frey split up a few days ago, Frey started spreading rumors about cigarettes. Although the scope of the rumor spread is still only in the Moon City area, but many traders stop here. So within a few weeks Frey was sure the rumors would reach the major cities throughout the kingdom of Resia.

"Ah, then I will wait here, Lady Liliana." Daru was invited in by Liliana to change into dry clothes.

Inside the Frey family's residence, Daru chatted with Frey's parents. Until it felt like the sun was drowning.

....

"I'm home" said Frey, opening the door.

"Welcome to Frey! Daru's son is looking for you" said Eryd.

"Huh? Isn't he on his way to Sarren Hill? Where is he dad?" ask Frey. He did not know about Daru's running speed yet and the teleportation portal that was right in front of his house. He only knew that Daru planted some stones in his yard.

"He's in your room, he said he wanted to rest. And in this house there are only two rooms, so I took her to your room. After all you are lovers," said Eryd in a satirical tone.

"Love? W-is he bi-lang like that?" Frey blushed in embarrassment with a flushed face.

"He didn't say, but you two behaved like lovers. Did we both think wrong?" This time Liliana spoke. After all, Daru and Frey did look close.

"I'm going to my room!" Frey shouted and ran to his room because he could no longer resist the embarrassment.

"You don't have dinner first? Would you like to have dinner alone with Daru's son? Hohoho." Eryd laughed because he could tease his daughter.

Frey blushed even more and covered both ears while still running to his room.

"They're a good match, what do you think, baby?" ask Liliana to Eryd.

"Yes they fit. I guess Frey will continue to be alone until old age, finally he fell in love too," said Eryd while stroking the chest.

"You're right, she's finally in love."

....

Mom and Dad why? Ever since they came back, they've always talked about my relationship with Daru. Daru and I have no relationship whatsoever .. yes still not .. I'm not sure a man as great as he would be with me. ah, what do I think, what do I think, thought Frey while patting both cheeks that are still red light. Currently Frey is in front of his room, trying to calm down so as not to be nervous when dealing with Daru. After taking a few deep breaths, he ventured to open the door.

Kreeksk

"Daru, I heard you dis- eh?" Frey's eyes glared in surprise because of what he saw.

*big *Ot*ot, ah, boxes, he thought

"Emm, why are you looking at me like that? Two days of not meeting and you being a perverted woman?" said Daru who is now bare-chested. He was about to wear clothes after his bath.

"Eyed-please? You're the pervert! You entered a girl's room and got naked!" Frey shouted loudly.

"You came in without knocking, and after you found out I wasn't wearing clothes, you just kept quiet and looked at me. Who's the pervert? Huh huh? Haaah?" Gaining the chance to tease Frey, Daru does not let go.

"I ..," Daru's remark made Frey realize that what Frey had done did indeed sounded perverted.

"Ah forget it, we're talking about business now. Come in, don't stand in front of the door" Daru said, wearing his shirt.

"ah! Aye!" Frey came in and sat on his bed. The red color is still clearly visible on both cheeks of Frey.

"So, how's it going?" asked Daru while approaching Frey and sitting next to him.

"Rumors are well spread. I believe 80% of the people in Moon City already know about the existence of cigarettes and shops in Sarren Hill, just waiting for the time so that rumors can get to other cities through merchants. Keep the cigarettes you gave me, I handed over 10 sticks to the Royal Family, 30 sticks to the five noble families that have branches in Moon City, he said, and the remaining 24 I leave to other influential people" explains Frey.

"Do they believe the rumors?" ask Daru.

"Yes, since I am one of the top-ranked adventurers then it is very easy to gain trust. Plus influential people who really already taste cigarettes, make everyone curious about the taste of cigarettes."

"Good work" said Daru with a smile.

"It's a simple pe-pe-job, hehe." Seeing Daru's smile, Frey was almost speechless

*K*why is Daru so handsome tonight? Uh! I'm really in love! thought Frey

"Oh, I got there this afternoon. After taking care of the construction of the shop, I returned," Daru replied.

"Eh? How can it be so fast?!" frey was surprised. The fastest time it takes to get to Sarren Hill from Moon City is five days, that too with the best horse, and Daru said two days to get to Sarren Hill. What made Frey even more astonished, Daru said that this afternoon he arrived at Sarren Hill and his night was already in Moon City.

"Have you ever heard of a rumor circulating in Frizz Town about a black ghost running so fast? It's me" Daru replied.

"Oh! But it still doesn't make sense, even if you run very fast, you can't get to Moon City from Sarren Hill in just a matter of hours" Frey said.

"Hour? haha you would be surprised, did your father ever say about the stone I planted in front of your house? It was a device called a teleportation portal. It can move you from one portal to another in just a few seconds" Daru explained.

"Great! But, I've never heard of such a teleportation portal," Frey said.

"I've only ever seen a teleportation portal made with a high-level magic spell, it's only lasted as much as one trip. I didn't know there was a portal planted and it was permanent. How much mana does it take to activate it? How many circles?" added Frey.

"Circle? Ummm ..., can you tell me about mana and magic? I just came out of the Arc Forest this time, so I haven't had enough knowledge about magic."

"Oh it makes sense if you don't know. So ...."

Frey explains that in this world, everyone is born with the ability to absorb mana. The so-called "mana" is the fuel for performing magic. Mana itself comes from nature, starting from the ground, air, rivers, even dead living things will decompose into mana. The unit to call the sum of mana is called the circle of mana. In this world, the so-called talented people in magic had a capacity of over 300 mana circles when he was born. While the untalented person, only has a capacity of 30 to 50 mana circles. The amount of capacity of the circle obtained at birth is the absolute amount that can no longer be added for life.

"To activate basic magic, it only takes about one mana circle per magic, there are even spells that only require one-fifth of a mana circle. While high-level magic, it requires 90-300 mana circles. On top of that was another magic level called the Saint level that required more than 500 mana circles to activate it."

"When magic is used, the mana circle will decrease according to the number of needs where the magic is. And when the mana circle runs out, the user must absorb the mana in the air to replenish the mana circle. There are many methods of absorption of mana, but the most effective is by sitting and meditating" explains Frey.

"Wait, if one's magic talent is already determined from birth, it means a lot of discrimination against people who only have a few circles, am I right?" ask Daru.

"No, the lower the circle of mana, the greater his physical strength. So, it creates a balance that lasts a very long time. However, there were also people who were too genius in one field and made it at the top, like people with circles of mana above 1000 who possessed astounding magic power. There were also people who had less than five mana circles, making it able to flatten a mountain with just a few blows. Let me guess, you have a great physique, so you can run really fast. Meaning, you have a little circle of mana. So, that teleportation portal didn't take out which circle someone was in?" ask Frey.

"Yep, you're right, it absorbs mana from the air around it as fuel" Daru said, nodding his head.

"God's artifact! Where'd you get it?" frey asked in surprise, only this time did he know there was a device that could absorb mana from the air.

"Ummm, I got it from a merchant when I went to Worez Kingdom a few years ago," Daru replied curiously.

Frey frowned and looked at Daru when she heard his words.

Daru who felt Frey's gaze was confused and asked, "Why?"

He's lying! Nah! Nah! He can't possibly lie. Maybe he just misrepresented or he was unwilling to show the origin of the God artifact. Yep!! It made sense, I should have trusted him more, Frey thought trying to calm herself down.

"Ah, it's okay, by the way how many mana circles are you?" frey asked while pretending to be calm.

"Hmm, I don't know, can you check it out?" Daru asked Frey.

"Yes-yes, I can, give me your hand," Frey said. Daru extended his left hand towards Frey.

Frey grabs Daru's hand and starts streaming his mana to check which circle Daru belongs to.

Daru felt a warmth that seemed to flow from his hands to the rest of the body. Suddenly, he was shocked by the sensation like he was being stung by an electric current inside his chest. At that instant, the warm sensation he felt disappeared, replaced by the feeling like a drop of water had fallen into his hand that Frey was still holding.

"Daru ..., are you lying to me?" Frey looked at Daru sharply. His gaze contained mixed anger, fear, regret and sadness. Tears came out from both of his eyes soaking his cheeks which were currently flushed red.

Is my identity as a person from another world revealed by him??What am I supposed to do? thought Daru. He was very surprised by what Frey asked him.

"What do you mean?" asked Daru nervously.

"The first time we met, you said you were a traveler. Then as time went on, you told me that you were living in the Arc forest and had only just come out of it this time. Then you said you've been to Worez Kingdom" said Frey, wiping away tears that continued to flow endlessly.

ooh, it turned out that, I guess my identity was exposed, thought Daru.

"Ah, I'm sorry Frey, I am a traveller, and I am also indeed from the Arc Forest. I ventured into all the Kingdoms of the Isla Continent, but I never interacted with anyone else. I'm sorry I lied to you, I just wanted to make a logical excuse about my ignorance of magic" Daru said.

"You lie again Daru ... hiks ..., if you're from the Arc Forest ..., hiks ..., why don't you have which circle? There is only one person who has no mana circle in this world . that is, Demon King. Dar-no, Demon Lord, what is your purpose in coming to the mainland?" Frey started sobbing. He really did not expect that the person he trusted so much, the person who was meritorious to his family, the person he loved turned out to be the Demon King according to his understanding.

Frey's words were like a bolt of lightning hitting Daru. He did not expect that he would be suspected of being a Demon King. Daru was confused by what he had to say to Frey. Daru knew that Demon Lords everywhere were evil, ruthless existences, and so on. After a moment of silence, Daru made the decision to tell the truth.

"sorry. Yes, for some reason I did lie to you about my identity. You wouldn't believe me if I told you my true identity right now. But, I am not a Demon King. I'm just an ordinary human being" Daru said as he clasped Frey's hand and looked at him.

"You're evil! I believed in you all this time, even I started to put my heart on you. But you lied to me .. hiks ..., Dldan how do I know you're not lying this time? hiks ..., in this world, there is no human who does not have a magic circle at all, you are a liar!" frey snapped while crying.

"That's because I'm not from this world. I'm not lying this time, I can prove to you about it. Trust Frey, and please get rid of your fear of me. I have no intention of hurting you in any form, because I also put my heart on you" Daru said as he looked deeply into Frey's eyes (note: cih bucin)

Frey is pensive for a while before she cradles Daru and burrows her face into Daru's chest. (note: Heroine is also bucin ah.)

"Tell me everything, Daru," said Frey as she tightened her arms.